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Highlights include a premiere of Glasgow-based soap River City on a Monday night at 10pm. But fans should not worry, the regular scheduling on BBC One Scotland in the Tuesday 8pm slot will continue.

Police mockumentary Scot Squad will also get the premiere treatment on the new channel, with the popular comedy taking up a slot also when it returns to screens.

Make-up fans are also in with a treat, as beauty guru Jamie Genevieve will star in a documentary which shines the spotlight on how an ordinary young woman from Tillicoultry went from worrying about her mortgage to flying in private jets.

Other hot picks include a car-based gameshow called Test Drive with Grado and Las Breath, a feature documentary about a North Sea diver stranded on the seabed and an alternative tour of Scotland by Scottish rapper and award-winning author Darren 'Loki' McGarvey.

BBC Scotland will be on-air 365 days per year from 12pm - 12am but will extend beyond midnight for events including Hogmanay.

The channel's core content will be between 7pm - 12am.

Martin Geissler and Rebecca Curran will be the core presenting team for the 9pm news programme

During daytime hours, the channel will show BBC Two content alongside up to 150hrs per annum of BBC Scotland content, such as coverage of First Minister’s Question Time, Politics Scotland, sporting and music events.